58 THI-: OKLIllI) WORLD. [I )(c.nibtT, 1914. 



the flower a well balanced and symmetrical 

 appearance. This is in ever\' way a very 

 distinct and welcome addition. 



L/KLIO-CaTTLEVA NvsIATA. — The result 

 of crossing L.-(!. Nysa (Warscewic/.ii x crispa) 

 with (_'. lahiatii, and producni"^' a useful 

 autumn flowering hybrid. Raised b\- Mr. F. 

 C. Puddle in the Scampston Hall collection. 



Brassoc attl.klia Seaforth High- 

 I ANDER. — A very attractive and large flower 

 produced by crossing B.-C. Mrs. J. Leeman 

 with L.-C. Ajihrodite. The Ijroad labellum 

 prcttil}- fringed and of rose-purple colour, the 

 remaining segments similarly coloured. 

 Raised by Messrs. Sander and Sons. 



Brassocattl.elia Gordon Highlander. 

 - -A large flowered hybrid of excellent colour 

 and resulting from the use of B.-C. Mme. 

 Chas. Maron and L.-C. Aphrodite. The rich 

 l)urple colour of the fringed labellum is very 

 attractive. Raised by Messrs. Sander and Sons. 



Odontoglossu.m Cunnynhaal — A new 

 hybrid of much promise, and obtained by 

 crossing Rio Tinto with crispum, Messrs. 

 Sander and Sons being the raisers. 



L/ELIo-Cattleya Nestor. — This is the 

 product of C. Warscewiczii and L.-C. Ophir 

 (xanthina x aurea), the flowers of the various 

 plants showing considerable diversity in their 

 coloration, the majority being very pleasing. 

 Raised by Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate. 



Sophro-Cattleva November. — One of 

 the best shaped Sophronitis hybrids. The 

 parents are C. Portia and S. grandiflora, 

 resulting m a flower of rosy-crimson colour, 

 the labellum well developed. Lxhibited by 

 Mr. J. Gurney Fowler, Ro)al Horticultural 

 Society, November 17th, 1914, when an 

 Award of Merit was granted. 



Sophro-Cattleya Pearl. — Messrs. J. 

 and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, are the raisers 

 of this hybrid between S.-C. Dons and C. 

 Portia. The flowers are of rich crimson- 

 l)urpl(" colcjur, the lal)cllum criiiisc.in with dark 

 rose overtiiit. 



Cattleya Ouibo. — By crossing aurea 

 with Miss Williams (Gaskelliana x Harri- 

 soniana) a delicate rose coloured flower with 

 broad and open labellum has been raised by 

 l^.Iessrs. Armstrong and Brown. 



CATTLEVA SKINNERI. 



Tllh-. subject of our adjoining illustra- 

 tion IS a fine specimen plant of 

 Cattleya Skmneri in the collection of 

 .Sir W'llliaiii \'<ui Iforne, K.C.M.(i., Montreal, 

 Canada, to whom it was supplied some 

 twent)'-eight )-ears ago by Messrs. Low and 

 Co., of Clapton and Bush Hill Park. The 

 photograph was taken in April, 1914. 



The grower, Mr. F. C. Smith, is certainly 

 to be congratulated in keeping the plant for 

 so long a period in such vigorous health and 

 111 flowering it so freely, for, as many growers 

 know, this species is not one of the best to 

 handle successfully year after year. 



Cattleya Skinneri was first detected by 

 Mr. G. Ure Skinner, m 1836, in the warm 

 low-lying parts of Guatemala, along the 

 shores of the Pacific Ocean. It was subse- 

 quently found at Metagalpa, in Nicaragua, 

 by Dr. Oersted, and in Costa Rica and 

 Veragua b\- Warscewicz. In Guatemala it is 

 called the Flor de San Sebastian, and is 

 sought for by the country people to decorate 

 the temples and shrines of their favourite 

 saint, on account of its being in flower at the 

 epoch at which the day dedicated to the 

 saint occurs. 



Epi-Cattleya guatemalensis is a natural 

 Ijybrid between Epidendrum aurantiacum 

 and Cattleya Skinneri, and was discovered 

 by Mr. Skinner growing in company with 

 both its })arents on the stem of the same 

 tree. It was sent to Messrs. Veitch and Sons, 

 with v/hom it flowered in March, 1861. 



DENDROBIUM BENSONI/E. 



THIS elegant s|jecies was sent to Messrs. 

 Veitch in i<S()6 from British Burmah 

 by Colonel Benson, alter whose wife 

 it is named at his own request. It grows on 

 the mountains near Tongou, direct west of 

 Prome, at an elevation of about 1,500 feet 

 above sea level, and spreads southwards as 

 far as the latitude of Moulmein. 



The flowers, which are about 2h inches 



